Metal Blade Records – Page 45

Flotsam and Jetsam – High – Review

September 1, 1997

I can’t vouch for their return to form, nor the benefits to humanity if they did.

Fates Warning – A Pleasant Shade of Gray – Review

September 1, 1997

A Pleasant Shade of Gray is a crystallized dream, an atmospheric wonder filled with the tricky time changes only Fates or Rush could tackle successfully.

Divine Regale – Ocean Mind – Review

September 1, 1997

More from the post-metal, pre-Floydian slip of Queensrÿchian rule, Divine Regale write songs, dammit, songs!

Gwar – Carnival of Chaos – Interview

June 1, 1997

An interview with Oderous Urungus

Grip Inc. – Nemisis – Review

April 1, 1997

Fist-bang favorites, time changes, key changes, and while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-through-lots-of-effects, with Lombardo’s heavy tribal drumming influences.

Broken Hope – Loathing – Review

April 1, 1997

It’s hard to tell if a given song by Broken Hope is doing anything particularly interesting, but hell, it sure sounds like it’s taking the world by storm.

Nefilim – Zoon – Review

April 1, 1997

The rumor that late ’80s Goth rock kings, Fields of the Nephilim, have returned is partially true, as is the rumor that the new band, Nefilim, is industrial.

Masquerade – Surface of Pain – Review

October 1, 1996

Now this powermetal stuff comes back in hordes, and the choruses are sounding more like Warrant every day. Can fat girls in spandex be far behind?

Desultory – Swallow The Snake – Review

October 1, 1996

Foot-to-the-floor angstfests so poundingly mixed, you barely notice they sound like pretty much every massively-produced song you’ve driven recklessly to.

King Diamond – The Graveyard – Interview

October 1, 1996

An interview with King Diamond